From our Long Goodbye desk More bloodletting at the Boston Herald as its hedge-fund overlords once again go Grim Reaper on the scrawny local tabloid. Two high profile layoffs yesterday: 20-year veteran Jessica Heslam and recently hired Bruins beat gal Marisa Ingemi. Heslam’s Facebook post: Ingemi’s Twitter post: Nik DeCosta-Klipa has more at boston.com. The … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: It’s -30- for Heslam and Ingemi
Latest in the never-ending Boston Herald exodus If there’s one desk at the shrinky local tabloid that’s taken an especial beating from the paper’s Digital Fist – sorry, First – Media owners, it’s been the sports department. Which is crazy, right? The Herald sports pages were one of the few reasons to pick up the … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Jon Couture Out at Herald Sports
Photojournalist extraordinaire Mark Garfinkel posted this melancholy tweet on his Twitter feed this morning. (Tip o’ the pixel to the redoubtable Dan Kennedy via Facebook.) Jack Sullivan at CommonWealth Magazine has the gory details about Garfinkel – and others. More cuts at the Herald Tabloid lays off two photographers, half the sports desk THE STRUGGLING BOSTON … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Mark Garfinkel Shuttered at Herald
Chalk up another significant departure from the shrinky local tabloid. Yesterday morning the sadreading staff noticed an item tucked away in the Boston Globe Sports Log column. That was soon followed by this Chad Finn piece on the Globe’s website. Herald columnist Steve Buckley leaving for The Athletic Longtime Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Steve Buckley Intentionally Walks
Tip o’ the pixel for this one to the Unsinkable Samantha J. Gross. The memo, via intrepid Boston Herald reporter Brian Dowling. Got that? Free parking! Convenient shopping! On-site Leanbox (whatever the hell that is)! Amenities! Miles from Boston! From the predictable Herald Staff report in the bouncing local tabloid today. “This move will provide … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: The Herald Itself Leaves the Herald!
And the beat (feet) goes on . . . While the sad reading staff was chronicling the exodus of former Boston Herald Deputy Editorial Page Editor Julie Mehegan from Fargo Street to the State House corner office, we noticed this in her Twitter feed. That would be Herald reporter Owen Boss, who’s listed as such … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Owen Boss Gets Some New Bosses
And the beat (feet) goes on . . . CommonWealth Magazine’s Michael Jonas recently noted another departure from the shrinky local tabloid. The Herald’s phantom editorial page Unclear who’s running paper’s opinion page under new ownership BY ALL OUTWARD appearances, the Boston Herald continues to chug along under its new ownership, with its hard-working reporters … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Julie Mehegan Goes Gubernatorial
After the sadreading staff noted yesterday the exodus from the Boston Herald of sports scribes Jeff Howe (to parts as yet unknown) and Chad Jennings (to The Athletic Boston) , the irrepressible Alex Beam tweeted this at us. Indeed, we had missed this op-ed column by former Herald editorial page editor Rachelle (actually Shelly-one-e) Cohen … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Shelly Cohen Drifts to Boston Globe
Latest in what’s become an ongoing (outgoing?) series The exodus from the Boston Herald since its sale to Digital First Media (slogan: “Where Newspapers Go to Die”) hasn’t yet reached Biblical proportions, but it does seem to be picking up. From New England Patriots beat reporter Jeff Howe’s Twitter feed yesterday: Crosstown at the Boston Globe, … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Herald Sports Scribes Steal Away
Latest in what we expect will be an endless stream The redoubtable Rachelle Cohen – longtime Boston Herald journalist, most recently as Editorial Page Editor – sang her swan song in yesterday’s edition, marking yet another milestone for the feisty local tabloid. The Boston Herald I knew, whose death has been prematurely reported for decades, and … Continue reading Hexit Watch™: Shelly Cohen’s Long Goodbye
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